Active 1965-Present Branch Indian Army Garrison/HQ Mathura | Country India Role Strike Corps | |
Part of South Western Command (India) |
For the First World War corps, see I Corps (British India)
I Corps, headquartered at Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, is a military field formation of the Indian Army, created in 1965. It was still being raised when it was despatched to the front in 1965. It conducted a counteroffensive during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. In the 1971 war against Pakistan, it took part in the Battle of Basantar.
During 1971 at least one source cites the corps composition as:
Today it is a 'Strike Corps' within the Indian Army's South Western Command (Jaipur, Rajasthan).
The I Corps of South Western Command, created in 1965 and headquartered at Mathura, consists of the following 3 army divisions:
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